(FWHM) The full width at half maximum is a parameter to characterize the width of a peak on a graph. In nuclear medicine, the FWHM is used to determinate the energy resolution of gamma camera systems.

Gallium is a metal with the chemical symbol Ga and atomic number 31. Gallium salts such as gallium citrate and gallium nitrate (with the radioactive isotope 67Ga) are used as radiopharmaceuticals in diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures, for example abscess or inflammation scintigraphy.

(Scintillation Camera, Scintillation Gamma Camera, Gamma Scintillation Camera or Anger Gamma Camera) A gamma camera is an imaging device used in nuclear medicine to scan patients who have been injected, inhaled, or ingested with small amounts of radioactive materials emitting gamma rays. The gamma camera records the quantity and distribution of the radionuclide that is attracted to a specific organ or tissue of interest.
The first gamma camera was developed and introduced by Hal O. Anger in 1957/58. The structure hasn't changed by today. A gamma camera consists of:

Through this design the simultaneous registration of gamma ray photons is possible, the computer further allows dynamic imaging.

See also Pinhole, Elution, Center of Rotation, First Pass Scintigraphy, and Anger Hal Oscar.

A generator is used in nuclear medicine to provide a radioisotope used for a scintigraphic procedure. A generator contains a radionuclide (e.g. molybdenum) that decays to another radionuclide (decay product, e.g. technetium) that can be extracted and used. The original radionuclide is firmly bound in the generator and remains behind.

See also Eluate

(Hz) The standard SI unit of frequency.
Definition: The number of repetitions of a periodic process per unit time. It is equal to the old unit cycles or oscillations each second of a simple harmonic motion. The unit is named for the German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.
Larger units are:
kilohertz (KHz) = 1 000 Hz = 10³ Hertz
megahertz (MHz) = 1 000 KHz = 10⁶ Hertz
gigahertz (GHz) = 1 000 MHz = 10⁹ Hertz
terahertz (THz) = 1 000 GHz = 10¹² Hertz
petahertz (PHz) = 1 000 THz = 10¹⁵ Hertz
exahertz (EHz) = 1 000 PHz = 10¹⁸ Hertz

See also Oscillation, Coherence, Duty Cycle, Cine Mode, and System International.